Curbside trash is a problem in NYC. Officials have a not-so-novel fix: plastic bins
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New College: How Ron DeSantis is forcing Florida brain drain by targeting an LGBTQ+ campus
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Inspired by online dating, AI tool for adoption matchmaking falls short for vulnerable foster kids
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Uber and Lyft to pay New York drivers $328 million following state attorney general wage theft investigation
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Chicago doesn’t own its own streets
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Why Amarillo, Texas hit pause on proposed abortion travel ban adopted elsewhere in Texas
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The remote Danish island of Bornholm has pledged to eliminate trash by 2032. How will it get there?
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Led by labor-backed mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago could become the first big city in the US to open a publicly owned grocery store
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Joe Biden administration gives $86 million in roadway safety planning grants to 200 US communities
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Los Angeles is on a transit-building tear. Will riders follow?
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China says it wants to bolster climate cooperation with US as California Gov. Gavin Newsom visits Beijing
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California DMV immediately suspends Cruise’s robotaxi permit
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Meta accused by US states of using features to lure children to Instagram and Facebook
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Kansas City receives $15 billion in federal funding for mobility and infrastructure projects
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Book bans in Texas spread as new state law takes effect
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Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value
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Stockholm has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise
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Vermont utility plans to end outages by giving customers batteries
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The war in Ukraine is heightening tensions between Russians and Norwegians living on Svalbard | Focus on Europe
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California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
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US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa
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New Orleans officials seek to build a freshwater pipeline as saltwater wedge inches closer
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‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe continues activism after decision excluding Morro Bay from US marine sanctuary
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Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
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Lord Sugar documents east London’s rubbish mountains
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Gainesville, Florida is giving trans punk legend Laura Jane Grace a key to the city
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Size of McKinsey consulting firm opioid settlement increased by $230 million
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New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and gender teachings
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Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph. And welcome to the future.
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Under new policy, Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates
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Norway's Fyllingsdalen tunnel is a showstopping piece of urban cycling infrastructure – for a city where car-centric development still dominates
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit Saturday against five major oil companies and their subsidiaries over climate change
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Small US cities experiment with grant funded Uber-like microtransit
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Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
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California announced the strongest railway emissions regulations in the US. Freight companies are suing.
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California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts
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Abortions rose in most US states this year, new data shows
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Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’
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Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software?
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Philadelphia to cap section of I-676, reconnecting Chinatown
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Chicago: Fifty years after it was promised, the South Red Line Extension is slated to get a $1.973B grant
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Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law, claiming it violates free speech
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As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules
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California Department of Transportation awards $54 million for Sustainable Transportation Planning grants
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Brazilian delivery workers take their fight to get app users to pick up their orders to local legislatures
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Copenhagen's mayor has urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city's Christiania neighborhood where a thirty-year-old man was shot and killed
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Here’s what it takes to get speed humps approved on just one US block
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Thousands donate to save Florida abortion clinic amid crippling state fines
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Swedish club Torns IF contact International Football Association Board after finding loophole in offside law – rule-making body appears willing to review law
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London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions
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